2010 ACE Group Classic
Fred Couples won the 2010 ACE Group Classic, his first victory since the 2003 Shell Houston Open. Champions Tour pros teed it up for the 23rd time in Naples on Feb. 8-14, but the first at the Quarry, which became the ninth different venue to host the event. The Quarry is located east of Interstate 75 on Immokalee Road.
- Winner: Fred Couples
- When: February 8-14, 2010
- Where: The Quarry
- Field: 81 Champions Tour professionals
- 2009 champion: Loren Roberts
- Purse: $1.6 million - Official Champions Tour prize money
- Purse breakdown (partial): 1st - $240,000; 2nd - $140,800; 3rd - $115,200; 4th - $96,000; 5th - $76,800
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Benefit to aid golf cart driver run over by SUV at ACE Classic
Published 8/23/2010 at 8:20 p.m. 5 comments
More than six months after Tim Justice and two other people were run down by a sport utility vehicle at the conclusion of the ACE Group Classic golf tournament, Justice said he is getting better. But he’s still in pain, ...
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Local golf: ACE back as title sponsor, and back at the Quarry for 2011
Updated 7/20/2010 at 1:00 p.m. 4 comments
The ACE Group Classic isn't changing for 2011 -- the ACE Group of Companies is back as title sponsor for the 13th year, and the Quarry will be the host course for Naples' Champions Tour golf event for the second ...
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Fred Couples, Greg Norman to return as Presidents Cup captains in 2011
Published 3/31/2010 at 12:15 p.m. 0 comments
At a press conference today at the Shell Houston Open, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced that Fred Couples and Greg Norman would be returning as captains of the U.S. and International Teams, respectively, for The Presidents Cup 2011 in ...
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2010 ACE Group Classic raised nearly $250,000 for area charities
Published 3/30/2010 at 9:39 a.m. 0 comments
ACE Group Classic tournament officials announced Tuesday that over $245,000 has been donated to charities in connection with the 2010 event. Donations were up over $10,000 compared to a year ago.
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Golf: ACE Group Classic champion Couples wins third Champions Tour event in four
Published 3/28/2010 at 6:28 p.m. 0 comments
Fred Couples made 11 birdies and shot a course record 11-under 62 to win the Cap Cana Championship by two strokes Sunday.
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ACE Group Classic: ACE Group close to sponsorship decision
Published 2/14/2010 at 11:25 p.m. 0 comments
Will the tournament place still be named after ACE next year?
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ACE Group Classic notebook: Cook says Tiger Woods should turn to 'good friends' and 'good people'
Published 2/14/2010 at 9:32 p.m. 0 comments
Just a year ago, John Cook and Tiger Woods were playing golf together fairly regularly in the Isleworth community near Orlando as Woods returned from reconstructive knee surgery.
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Inside the ropes at the ACE Group Classic: Chatting with honorary observer contest winners
Published 2/14/2010 at 9:14 p.m. 0 comments
George and Ardelle Huntington were some of the winners of the Naples Daily News Honorary Observer Contest and got to walk inside the ropes with a group Sunday
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ACE Group Classic: Final-round scores
Published 2/14/2010 at 8:18 p.m. 0 comments
Final scores from the ACE Group Classic
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ACE Group Classic: Couples holds off hard-charging Armour
Published 2/14/2010 at 8:10 p.m. 0 comments
Fred Couples thought he had his first Champions Tour victory wrapped up. After all, he made four birdies in the first five holes, and built a five-shot lead in the ACE Group Classic on Sunday.
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ACE Group Classic: Second-round scores
Published 2/14/2010 at 10:36 a.m. 0 comments
Second-round scores
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ACE Group Classic: Final round tee times
Published 2/14/2010 at 10:32 a.m. 0 comments
Final round tee times
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ACE Group Classic: Forsman cuts Couples' lead to two heading into final round later today
Published 2/14/2010 at 10:12 a.m. 0 comments
Fred Couples lost a shot of his lead completing the second round of the ACE Group Classic on Sunday morning.
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ACE Group Classic blog: Fred Couples wins the ACE Group Classic
Updated 2/14/2010 at 5:41 p.m. 2 comments
Updates from the ACE Group Classic at the Quarry on Sunday:
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ACE Group Classic: Saturday's scores
Published 2/13/2010 at 9:06 p.m. 0 comments
Saturday's scores
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ACE Group Classic notebook: Forsman's double-bogey costs him first-round lead
Published 2/13/2010 at 9:01 p.m. 0 comments
Dan Forsman stood on his last hole of the first round Saturday morning with a two-stroke lead. But he left it even with Fred Couples at 4 under par after a poor tee shot.
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ACE Group Classic: Eagle coupled with birdie gives Couples three-shot lead
Published 2/13/2010 at 8:58 p.m. 0 comments
Fred Couples is in position for his first Champions Tour victory. He'll have to hold on to the lead at the ACE Group Classic for at least 23 holes Sunday. Couples, who has a three-stroke advantage, sank a 48-foot putt ...
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Inside the ropes at the ACE Group Classic: Chatting with scoring official Pam Cummins
Published 2/13/2010 at 7:52 p.m. 0 comments
Pam Cummins is co-chair of the walking scorers at the ACE Group Classic. She has lived in Fort Myers since 1983, and is originally from the Chicago area
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Brent Batten: Help for duffers? Hey Paul Azinger, there's no app for that
Published 2/13/2010 at 3:44 p.m. 0 comments
Brent Batten's column for Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010
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ACE Group Classic: Saturday's second-round tee times
Published 2/13/2010 at 1:04 p.m. 0 comments
Saturday's second-round tee times
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ACE Group Classic: Forsman, Couples tied for the lead after completion of first round
Published 2/13/2010 at 12:41 p.m. 0 comments
Dan Forsman and Fred Couples are tied for the lead after the completion of the ACE Group Classic's first round Saturday morning.
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ACE Group Classic blog: Couples goes eagle-birdie, leads by three
Updated 2/13/2010 at 6:54 p.m. 0 comments
Updates from the ACE Group Classic on Saturday:
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ACE GROUP CLASSIC: Friday's scores
Published 2/12/2010 at 8:35 p.m. 0 comments
Friday's scores
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ACE Group Classic notebook: Trevino says more stars on Champions Tour than regular tour
Published 2/12/2010 at 8:29 p.m. 0 comments
When Tiger Woods announced his indefinite break from the PGA Tour, there was much debate on what effect that would have on interest and TV ratings for the regular tour.
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ACE Group Classic: Weather postpones first round; Black, Couples, Armour III tied PHOTOS
Published 2/12/2010 at 6:58 p.m. 0 comments
Flags blew sideways. Hats flew off. Balls moved on the greens. No, it wasn't an early start to hurricane season. It was just how the first day went at the ACE Group Classic at the Quarry on Friday.
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